Hello, everybody. Happy Monday. And it's time for our 13th word test, which will bring

us completely up to date because word test 13, this is for episodes 121 to 130. And we're

at what, episode 133 now. So yes, it's taken, it's taken a bit of effort, but we're finally

up to date with the word tests after this word test. So yes, let's do this. Before I get started,

I would just remind you that it's probably best for your learning. If you pause after each word

and try and do that active recall step, and remember what the word means, say it to yourself out loud

or in your mind, then continue. Of course, if you're in the car or riding your bike or something

and you can't do that, that's fine too. But just remember that actively, actively recalling

something is much better for remembering something. You can listen to this recording multiple times

and just passively listen to it. It doesn't mean you're going to remember those words. If you force

yourself to actively recall them each time and invent a sentence for yourself, it's going to help

a lot more if you want to really remember these words and start using them, use them in your writing

in your speech, or remember them for a test. So with that said, let's go, abdicate, abdicate,

usually describing a monarch or a leader of some kind, and it means to renounce or resign your

throne or position. It can also mean to fail to fulfill or undertake some responsibility or duty

to disown or reject. For stall, for stall, that means to prevent some future event or action

taking place by taking some other action to preempt or get ahead of something.

Falanx. Falanx. That is a body of troops or soldiers or police officers,

standing or moving in some close formation. Distaff. Distaff. That is a stick or some other

tool on which a wool is wound for spinning to make cloth. Distaff in general means of or concerning

women. Goad. Goad. To goad is to provoke or annoy someone, usually to stimulate some action or

reaction. To provoke chaos. Chaos. That is complete disorder and confusion. Fledgling. Fledgling.

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